Hong Kong Ordinances

LEGITIMACY ORDINANCE - SECT 4

Rights of legitimated persons, etc. to take interests in property

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, a legitimated  person and his
spouse, children or remoter issue shall be entitled to take any interest-

   (a)  in the estate of an intestate dying after the date of  legitimation;

   (b)  under any disposition coming into operation after the date of 
        legitimation, in like manner as if the legitimated person had been
        born legitimate.

(2) Where the right to any property depends on the relative seniority of the
children or any person, and those children include one or more
legitimated persons, the legitimated person or persons shall rank as if he or
they had been born on the day when he or they became legitimated, and if more
than one such legitimated person became legitimated at the same time, they
shall rank as between themselves in order of seniority.

(3) This section applies only if and so far as a contrary intention is not
expressed in the disposition, and shall have effect subject to the terms of
the disposition and to the provisions therein contained. [cf. 1926 c. 60 s. 3
U.K.]